Mute the global sound in Android

Question

Is there a method that can be used to mute the global sound from an application button?

Answer 1

They make it more complicated than it has to be. You can just use AudioManager.setStreamMute(). Feel free to use the code below.

//mute audio AudioManager amanager=(AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, true);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, true);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, true);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, true);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, true);   //unmute audio AudioManager amanager=(AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, false);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, false);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, false);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, false);              amanager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, false); 

Answer 2

The answer provided seems to be deprecated from android M (API 23) so this is provides an alternative solution

public void MuteAudio(){     AudioManager mAlramMAnager = (AudioManager) aActivity.getSystemService(aContext.AUDIO_SERVICE);     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, AudioManager.ADJUST_MUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, AudioManager.ADJUST_MUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, AudioManager.ADJUST_MUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, AudioManager.ADJUST_MUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, AudioManager.ADJUST_MUTE, 0);     } else {         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, true);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, true);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, true);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, true);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, true);     } }  public void UnMuteAudio(){     AudioManager mAlramMAnager = (AudioManager) aActivity.getSystemService(aContext.AUDIO_SERVICE);     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, AudioManager.ADJUST_UNMUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, AudioManager.ADJUST_UNMUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, AudioManager.ADJUST_UNMUTE,0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, AudioManager.ADJUST_UNMUTE, 0);         mAlramMAnager.adjustStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, AudioManager.ADJUST_UNMUTE, 0);     } else {         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, false);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, false);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, false);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_RING, false);         mAlramMAnager.setStreamMute(AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM, false);     } } 

hope this helps...